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APNU pushing for Tri-Partite Budget Committee

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU pushing for Tri-Partite Budget Committee

A Partnership for National Unity (A.P.N.U) Presidential Candidate Brigadier David Granger has issued an urgent call for the establishment of a Tri-Partite Budget Committee. The call...

Union wants new Labour Minister to settle outstanding RUSAL grievances

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Union wants new Labour Minister to settle outstanding RUSAL grievances

– says Nadir failed in responsibilities The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) wants the new Minister of Labour, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, to address long-outstanding issues...

NAMILCO: Don’t pay more for flour

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO: Don’t pay more for flour

The National Milling Company (Guyana) Limited is calling on consumers to resist paying more for flour during this Christmas season. “There has been no increase in flour prices from the mill...

2011 sugar production now targeted at 240,000 tonnes

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 2011 sugar production now targeted at 240,000 tonnes

-Omar Shariff tipped to be new GuySuCo Chairman By Leonard Gildarie The country’s sugar production, according to latest projections, is expected to fall way below an already adjusted target....

Corpse taken out of tomb…Medical examination reveals teen’s corpse was molested

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corpse taken out of tomb…Medical examination reveals teen’s corpse was molested

A medical examination which was performed on the corpse of 17-year-old Tracia Ramnarine has confirmed that she was sexually molested. Yesterday Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul...

Eight escape from NOC, some recaptured

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Eight escape from NOC, some recaptured

Eight students who are residents of the New Opportunity Corps at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, reportedly escaped over the weekend. The students who were committed to the correctional...

Pensioner’s body found in Soesdyke canal

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News 2

A pensioner’s body was found in a canal along Back Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) yesterday. The man was identified as Herman Winters who was in his sixties and who...

Canal resident succumbs after minibus crash

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Canal resident succumbs after minibus crash

– Close friend clings to life After battling for life at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit for close to two days, 21-year-old Inkumar Rajcoomar, of 78 Clay Brick...

Christmas party for seniors

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas party for seniors

Some 250 senior citizens from various homes received meals and gifts from the Bernice Mansell Foundation, a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), on Sunday, at Banks DIH ground,...

Vryheid’s Lust carpenter dies under mysterious circumstances

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust carpenter dies under mysterious circumstances

– Employer claims man fell from scaffold A Vryheid’s Lust family is pleading with the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of 36-year-old Jaigobin Lakeram Sukhdeo....

Police Outreach to underprivileged records success

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police Outreach to underprivileged records success

The Guyana Police Force is anticipating the expansion of the Rosemary Lane Youth Club Programme. This will expose its members who are children from depressed communities including Tiger Bay...

Logger injured after logs fall from truck

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Logger injured after logs fall from truck

A 26-year old man who fell from a log loader Tuesday last, at Baramita, Region One is currently nursing serious injuries in the Incentive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public...

Brazilian President congratulates Ramotar on ascension to office

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian President congratulates Ramotar on ascension to office

Dilma Rousseff, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil has congratulated President Donald Ramotar on his ascension to office. In a statement, President Dilma Rousseff...

Hundreds benefit from Salvation Army donation

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds benefit from Salvation Army donation

With Christmas right around the corner the Salvation Army presented Christmas hampers to vulnerable persons yesterday to bring in the holiday spirit. Hundreds gathered at the...

Female fraud accused attempts to avoid Magistrate nixed

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female fraud accused attempts to avoid Magistrate nixed

A female fraudster’s bid to have a Magistrate recuse himself from adjudicating her matter seems in limbo. Attorney-at-law Paul Fung-a-Fatt prepared the document which is really an...

Two released on $300,000 bail each on attempted murder charge

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two released on $300,000 bail each on attempted murder charge

After facing the court for allegedly attempting to kill Dexter Johnson, 27-year-old Chaka Chase and 18- year-old Keon Niles were both asked to post bail in the sum of $300,000...

Pensioner remanded for discharging loaded firearm

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner remanded for discharging loaded firearm

-“I was shooting an iguana” A 64-year-old Mocha resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent. The accused...

Colin Jones returns to court

Dec 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Jones returns to court

Colin Jones appeared in court yesterday to answer the charge of murder committed against Kurt Thierens and Adriano Tracey, 30, of William Street, Campbellville. Colin Jones will return...